medical disinformation

A team of UConn researchers explores the disinformation landscape after Roe v. Wade was overturned

26-JUN-2023

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a 1973 decision which guaranteed the right to access abortion services. Immediately following this decision, there was an outpouring of misinformation about abortion on social media.

Misinformation about abortion, including health consequences of abortion for the mother; how to perform potentially dangerous, at-home abortions; the idea that the fetus experiences pain during an abortion; that abortion is never used to save the life of the mother; and other false claims have proliferated in the wake of the court’s decision.

Continued: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993644

A new study released by NARAL Pro-Choice America shows that medical disinformation was "frequently" among the top information a user would see.

By Caitlin Cruz
Sept 21, 2022

Right-leaning creators produced the majority of high-performing YouTube videos about abortion following the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. A study published Wednesday by NARAL Pro-Choice America found that medical disinformation—like claims that abortion is unsafe—are “frequently” in the first 10-20 results when you search for “abortion.”

“They put the desire to keep people clicking and watching over accurate information,” Dina Montemarano, NARAL Pro-Choice America research director, told Jezebel by Zoom.

Continued: https://jezebel.com/the-best-performing-videos-about-abortion-on-youtube-ha-1849565025

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